ght and navigation permitted beyond 12 nm)
Disputes:
short section of boundary with Argentina is in dispute; two short sections
of the boundary with Brazil are in dispute (Arroyo de la Invernada area of
the Rio Quarai and the islands at the confluence of the Rio Quarai and the
Uruguay)
Climate:
warm temperate; freezing temperatures almost unknown
Terrain:
mostly rolling plains and low hills; fertile coastal lowland
Natural resources:
soil, hydropower potential, minor minerals
Land use:
arable land 8%; permanent crops NEGL%; meadows and pastures 78%; forest and
woodland 4%; other 10%; includes irrigated 1%
Environment:
subject to seasonally high winds, droughts, floods

:Uruguay People

Population:
3,141,533 (July 1992), growth rate 0.6% (1992)
Birth rate:
17 births/1,000 population (1992)
Death rate:
10 deaths/1,000 population (1992)
Net migration rate:
-1 migrant/1,000 population (1992)
Infant mortality rate:
23 deaths/1,000 live births (1992)
Life expectancy at birth:
69 years male, 76 years female (1992)
Total fertility rate:
2.4 children born/woman (1992)
Nationality:
noun - Uruguayan(s); adjective - Uruguayan
Ethnic divisions:
white 88%, mestizo 8%, black 4%
Religions:
Roman Catholic (less than half adult population attends church regularly)
66%, Protestant 2%, Jewish 2%, nonprofessing or other 30%
Languages:
Spanish
Literacy:
96% (male 97%, female 96%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
Labor force:
1,355,000 (1991 est.); government 25%, manufacturing 19%, agriculture 11%,
commerce 12%, utilities, construction, transport, and communications 12%,
other services 21% (1988 est.)
Organized labor:
Interunion Workers' Assembly/National Workers' Confederation (PIT/CNT) Labor
Federation

:Uruguay Government

Long-form name:
Oriental Republic of Uruguay
Type:
republic
Capital:
Montevideo
Administrative divisions:
19 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento); Artigas, Canelones,
Cerro Largo, Colonia, Durazno, Flores, Florida, Lavalleja, Maldonado,
Montevideo, Paysandu, Rio Negro, Rivera, Rocha, Salto, San Jose, Soriano,
Tacuarembo, Treinta y Tres
Independence:
25 August 1828 (from Brazil)
Constitution:
27 November 1966, effective February 1967, suspended 27 June 1973, new
constitution rejected by referendum 30 November